Was the buyout deadline yesterday?
These are the near-term dates:
July 13: Deadline for clubs to ask a player to waive his no-move clause for expansion draft.
24 hours after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup final:
First buyout period begins.
July 16: Last day for teams to place a player on waivers prior to the expansion draft trade/waiver freeze (noon ET).
July 16: Deadline for players to agree to waive their no-move clause for the expansion draft.
July 17 at 3 p.m ET to July 22 at 1 pm ET: Trade freeze amongst the 31 NHL clubs. Seattle is allowed to make trades with any club during this time.
July 17: At 5pmET, firm
deadline for each club to submit its expansion draft protection list
July 18-21 Opening of the RFA/UFA interview period Kraken have an exclusive window from July 18 at 10amET to July 21 at 10amET to speak with, and potentially sign any RFAs or UFAs left unprotected for the expansion draft by the 30 NHL club
July 21: There’s a 10amET deadline for
Seattle to submit its expansion draft selections to Central Registry and the NHLPA. Also, a 10amET deadline for the Kraken to submit contracts for any of those pending RFAs/UFAs they’ve been able to sign during the interview period.
The NHL announces the
expansion draft results at 8pmET.